Washing-machine



(No Model.)

A. M. JOHNSON. WASHING MACHINE.

gwvamoz Patented Oct. 1, 1895.

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FFQEQ ALBERT MORRIS JOHNSON, on PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

WASHING-MACHINE SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.547,266, dated October 1, 1895.

Application filed June 14,1895- Serial No. 552,764. (No model.)

that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in washing-machines; and its objectis to provide animproved construction of the same by which clothes orother articles may be readily cleansed or washed and which shall alsopossess superior advantages with respect to efficiency inoperation.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal sectional viewof a washingmachine constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2is a transverse section of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective viewof the upper part of'one of the legs, show ing the elastic buffers; andFig. 4 is a detail perspective view showing the oscillating shafts, theoscillating rods, and the means for holding said rods in place.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 1 designates the suds-boxformed with a horizontal corrugated bottom 2, inclined corrugated ends3, and corrugated sides 4, to which the bottom and ends are secured. Thesudsbox is supported by four legs 5,provided at their upper ends withrubber or other elastic buffers 6. The sides 4 are provided with cleats7, to which are secured cross-bars 8, and supported by the cleats aretops or covers 9. Secured to the upper edges of the sides 4 are slottedsegmental castings 10. The'slots in' these segments are formed on a waveline, as seen in Fig. 1-that is to say, they are higher at the centerthan'at the ends.

The numeral 12 designates an oscillating shaft journaled in the sides 4and formed with a series of diametric apertures 11, through which passthe reciprocating and oscillating rods 13, which pass through aper turesin a shaft 14, which reciprocates in the arc of a circle, and alsooscillates on its axis. These rods are provided with a series of holes15, with which engage pins 16, passing through corresponding holes inthe shaft 14, by which means the said rods may be adjusted to suit thequantity of clothing in the suds-box. The outer ends of these pins arebent at an angle and their extremities bent into eyes 17, which engagewith hooks 18, secured to the shaft to hold them in place.

The ends ofthe shaft 14 are provided with studs 19, on which arejournaled rollers 19, which work in the slots in the segments, and theouter ends of the studs work in slots 20 in plates 21, secured to theinner sides of levers 23, pivoted to the lower portion of the sides ofthe suds-box. These levers are connected at their upper ends by means ofa cross-bar 24.

The numerals 19 designate washers on the studs 19 at each end of therollers 19.

The operation is as follows: The suds-box is supplied with the properquantity of water i and the clothes placed therein and the tops orcovers put on. By now actuating the levers the rollers 19 will work backand forth in the slots in the segments, rising and falling therein. Thiswill cause the shaft 14 to be moved lengthwise of the machine in arcs ofcircles corresponding with the slotted. segments, and the rods will alsomove up and down, and, engaging with the clothes, will compress and rubthe same over the corrugations in the suds-box, and thus effectuallycleanse them. During this movement the studs of the shaft 14 will workup and down in the plates secured to the lovers.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claimis In a washingmachine, the combination with the suds box, the oscillatory shaftjournaled to the sides thereof, having diametric apertures and themovable rods passing therethrough, of the segments formedwith curvedslots, secured to the suds box, the upper os- In testimony that I claimthe foregoing as cillating shaft having diametrio apertures my own Ihave hereunto affixed my signature through which said rods also pass andwhich in presence of twowitnesses.

are secured thereto, the studs 0n the end of ALBERT MORRIS JOHNSON. saidupper shaft and the rollers journaled Witnesses:

thereon and working in the slots of the seg- GEO. WV. SHAW,

lnents, substantially as described. SAML. SHAW.

